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An urn containing the ashes of a decorated Korean War veteran has been stolen from a van the soldier's family rented to attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.
An ex-Marine who served in Iraq has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a police officer after firing on police.
Spc. Leydi Mendoza stood alone among the hugging families in Fort Dix when she and 300 other members of the New Jersey National Guard returned home from Iraq three months ago.
U.S. marshals in Las Vegas have arrested a 54-year-old man suspected of killing his father in California and cashing his veterans' checks for nearly a decade.
In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen. Francisco Franco's fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War.
One of Britain's last surviving veterans of World War I has celebrated his 113th birthday.
A former Idaho sheriff's deputy who falsely claimed he was paraplegic has pleaded guilty in a $1.5 million disability fraud case that a U.S. attorney said is the largest in Veterans Affairs Department history.
The Veterans Affairs Department said Thursday it will issue a one-time payment of $250 to qualifying veterans as part of its stimulus spending.
A World War II-era law established that veterans who "engaged in combat with the enemy" receive special treatment when they seek disability compensation, making it less burdensome for them to prove the injury was from their time in the service.
A former soldier who took part in the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and called for a reassessment of the bloodshed was detained Friday, a human rights watchdog said, an indication of the government's nervousness as the event's 20th anniversary approaches.
The last British survivor of World War I's grinding trench warfare was made an officer of the French Legion of Honor on Monday.
Authorities arrested a man who claimed he was justified in stealing candy at a truck stop because he had served in the military. Police said an officer confronted a 31-year-old man at the truck stop early Monday morning. The officer reported finding several packages of candy and nuts, two black T-shirts and a 20 oz. bottle of beer in his pockets.
Tortured by Stalin's henchmen and attacked by Hitler's forces, Aleksander Szekal almost became one of World War II's millions of victims.
Nearly ten months ago, the battle lines were clearly drawn when a retired Marine decided to challenge a freshman congressman and Iraq war veteran who has been a leading proponent of bringing home the troops.
Eric Dowling, who helped plan the mass wartime breakout from a German prison camp that inspired the movie "The Great Escape," has died at 92.
More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.
Two congressional committee chairmen said Friday they plan to investigate whether there were broader motives behind a Veterans Affairs Department employee's e-mailed suggestion to diagnose veterans with mental disorders that have a lower disability payout.
A Colorado man is accused of stealing an Army veteran's identity and using it for 24 years to get married, obtain free medical treatment and even serve as president of a VFW post.
France unfurled its military majesty Monday in honor of its last World War I veteran, who died last week at 110, and all the other Frenchmen who fought in the conflict.
France's last remaining veteran of World War I died Wednesday at age 110 after outliving 8.4 million Frenchmen who fought in what they called "la Grande Guerre."
Harry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died. He was 108.
A German believed to have been the country's last World War I veteran has died at the age of 107, a death that almost went unnoticed in a nation that lost both world wars and doesn't track its remaining veterans.
The father of a Marine killed in Iraq announced Tuesday he is running for the Pennsylvania House seat held by the only Iraq war veteran in Congress.
An Iowa voter who at first was teased by Democrat Barack Obama ended up in a tearful embrace with the Illinois senator and presidential candidate during a campaign stop Wednesday.
Veteran Hopes to Move Away from Gary, Indiana, to Warmer ClimateCharles Weatherspoon, American veteran, turned to an organization specifically geared toward helping homeless veterans stabilize their lives.
Teen who beat up war veteran 'high risk since age 14'Returned serviceman Eric Brady, 85, suffered a broken jaw, cheekbones and an eye socket in the attack outside the Papatoetoe RSA in February.
Lewis L. Millett, a Captain during the Korean War passed away on Saturday, November 14th. More information regarding the Medal of Honor recipient, as well as recognition of him as the author of the Soldier's Prayer - PBS A SOLDIER'S PRAYER - by Col. Lewis L. Millett
Ring returned to Vietnam POW 44 years after imprisonment11/12/2009 - SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- With the traditional "I do's" and exchange of wedding bands some 54 years ago on Oct.
Recruiter plays hero, stops robbery in progress11/10/2009 - SHREVEPORT, La. (AFNS) -- An Air Force recruiter stopped a robbery in progress while attending his unit's annual training conference Oct. 29 here.
Cape cop fired for sexting picFALMOUTH — The local police officer who allegedly texted a photograph of male genitalia to a woman this summer has been fired, Town Manager Robert Whritenour said.
Day of HonorOn Memorial Day, 2009, I already knew that I would be writing an article in honor of Veterans, and I knew exactly what would be my focus.
In the United States today is Veterans Day. IN the United Kingdom and the British commonwealth it is Remembrance Day; In much of Europe Armistice Day. The day marks the end of World World One in 1918.
This remark brings up a point be you left or right that should remind both sides anyone whom has given life to the nation is not a Political Football and it has to stop.
Oregon Apartment Complex Bans Flying the American Flag - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.comAn Oregon apartment complex is banning its residents from flying American flags, not only from their dwellings but also their vehicles, KATU in Portland reported.
On September 18th this year I received an e-mail group invite as of today I lost 18 folks from my {friends list} who just cannot understand that I see their actions as {Treason} a very bad choice, I accept their feelings of discontent about some government actions/inactions and f …
The group I belong to {ACWV} after years of fighting to get the Cold War Victory Medal addressed found to our surprise it received 84% of the vote for the top question to be asked the SECDEF Robert Gates { A Cold War Warrior Himself } would he approve the CWVM ,for sometime now C …
On Wednesday, a team of administrators and other medical personel, including Mr. Francisco Vazquez, himself the Assistant Director of the facility, toured the E.R. discussing emergency services.
I was not prepared for the realities I was facing when I became disabled. Much of the problem was mental; I felt, somehow, as though I had become less valuable to society.
GNW-Air Force NCO Donates Kidney-Starts Donation Chain8/25/2009 - DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz.
In Honor of His Bride: War burns and 7 years couldn't stop airman from giving her a dream weddingTech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro and his wife, Carmen, who had tied the knot in a simple civil ceremony, finally realized their dream for a big church wedding and reception four years after a roadside bomb almost killed him.
I've been hearing a lot and reading a lot and there're a number of things that are bothering me lately. Here's the first:
Thousands Mourn Britain's Oldest WarriorThe last veteran of WWI living in Britain died. There are very few left living any where. It was supposed to be "The War to End All Wars"...
What is a veteran?"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. " Thank You Father O'Brien. Semper Fi!
Military Researches Role of Hunches & Emotion in Detecting DangerEveryone has hunches — about friends' motives, about the stock market, about when to fold a hand of poker and when to hold it.
On July 16th I did a seed about Arlington National Cemetery the in-action of the past seven years that brought it up to the surface {misplaced headstones and memento's tossed away} the 48 votes & 90 comments {a high for my seeds} is bringing up a conflict within me.
New study details billions of dollars of economic activity, and tens of thousands of new jobs, created by the state's contracting effortsA new study details the financial impact of the state's efforts to increase small and disabled veteran business enterprise participation in the state's goods and services purchasing.
Bettendorf woman says state wants late veteran's assetsTwo tours in Vietnam. A Purple Heart. A welding accident. A wheelchair. Death at 61. A bill for $277,186.96.
70-year-old veteran called to duty in Iraq A 70-year-old veteran will soon be deployed to Iraq, where he will serve his fifth tour of duty overseas.
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